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Date   : 08/26/2014    Duedate: 09/08/2014

STORM ROCK ARENA

DM 107    TURN 81

RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    %  RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    % 
  1 COLOR ME SUA 42/365  370  261   2 58.6      NEXT GENERATION 58/368
    CENTER FOR OLDS 18/364                      FOUND IN THE SAND 32/360
  2-BOND-AGE 81/389       11    9   0 55.0      BASH BROS CHILDREN 38/407
  3 SENTINELS 7/354      126  146   1 46.3      GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS 65/361
    DRAGONBANE GUILD 81/334                   5 THE MAGNIFIC 19/395 1656 2174  21 43.2
  4 VEGGIES 3/372        180  229   2 44.0    6 BAD SIGNS 83/397       1    3   0 25.0
    SHEPHERDS 18/359                            PARTY ANIMALS 5/301
    PALINDROMES 73/405                          WAY TO GO! II 73/333
    ALASTARIAN IDOL 10/363

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

     Debby Tonte was all set to do us a spy report, but she got distracted.  I hear
that's happening to her a lot lately.  Still, I have her notes.
     Significant point movements:  Azaghal, up 17.  The Upright Man, down 23!
Different fights.
     Color Me Suave was avoided by Sentinels.
     We had twelve fights, very round and, um, round.  One challenge, three standbys.

     DIRTY DIAPERS (38-5071) (16-8-0,52) of BASH BROS CHILDREN fought MAULI LAMA (7-
6292) (17-19-1,72) of SENTINELS.  DIRTY DIAPERS was devastated by MAULI LAMA in a 1
minute one-sided battle.  And Dirty wasn't the only thing that was devastated.  Quite
a splash.
     OUT FOR A DUCK (83-275) (16-14-0,35) of BAD SIGNS fought WONTON NOT NOW (73-
6069) (18-13-1,44) of PALINDROMES.  OUT FOR A DUCK was bested by WONTON NOT NOW in a
2 minute conflict.  And the Duck in question got AWAY, aided by Wonton.
     PINCH BLISTER (18-9859) (47-76-0,148) of CENTER FOR OLDS fought FLOYD (107-10)
(0-0-0,150) of Fine Imported Standbys.  PINCH BLISTER narrowly defeated FLOYD in an
exciting 5 minute match.  Narrowly?  Couldn't Pinch have done it a bit more broadly?
     ARUGULA (3-7180) (32-30-2,168) of VEGGIES fought OZAWINDIB (7-6212) (35-27-
0,174) of SENTINELS.  ARUGULA beat OZAWINDIB in a popular 5 minute melee.  We warned
Ozawindib, we TOLD him, bring salad dressing!  But did he listen?  As if!
     THE UPRIGHT MAN (10-5185) (38-50-0,196) of ALASTARIAN IDOL fought IMPRISONED SPY
(107-9) (0-0-0,170) of Fine Imported Standbys.  THE UPRIGHT MAN was vanquished by
IMPRISONED SPY in a 1 minute one-sided fight.  And it's no reason The Upright Man
dropped "like a basher in the top ten."

     GAD (18-9239) (63-59-1,210) of SHEPHERDS fought JELLO KNUCKLES (42-4554) (57-54-
0,173) of COLOR ME SUAVE.  GAD vanquished JELLO KNUCKLES in a 2 minute gruesome one-
sided duel.  It was the pineapple that did it.  Put pineapple in jello, and your
knuckles melt away.
     1977 AMC MATADOR (42-4116) (75-64-0,206) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought AZAGHAL (81-
1223) (51-43-1,210) of DRAGONBANE GUILD.  1977 AMC MATADOR was handily defeated by
AZAGHAL in a 1 minute uneven fight.  More excitement than some of the longer fights
today.
     RUTH (18-10121) (47-38-0,188) of SHEPHERDS fought OBROJOBO (7-5869) (45-46-
1,190) of SENTINELS.  RUTH was savagely defeated by OBROJOBO in an exciting 2 minute
bloody struggle.  And see if she ever makes HIM a rhubarb pie!
     POCKET NEWS (19-5364) (32-30-0,183) of THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS fought ANZAHANZEK 
(7-6204) (32-29-0,176) of SENTINELS.  POCKET NEWS savagely defeated ANZAHANZEK in a
crowd pleasing 2 minute competition.  Does this mean Pocket has found a hamster?
     JOSH (18-9109) (49-52-0,215) of SHEPHERDS fought ARENAMASTER SANDAVOL (107-28)
(0-0-0,200) of Fine Imported Standbys.  JOSH vanquished ARENAMASTER SANDAVOL in a
popular 1 minute gory mismatched brawl.  Always a high moment for a gladiator.

The challenge:
     VIRGINIA, NO SANTA (65-6623) (44-67-1,199) of GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS challenged
ALMOST PRETTY (42-4496) (89-48-0,208) of COLOR ME SUAVE.  Up 9.  VIRGINIA, NO SANTA
was viciously subdued by ALMOST PRETTY in a 3 minute fight.  And there's... SANTA!
Bringing lipstick and mascara and all kinds of stuff to Almost.

For the title:
     MOIST TOWELETTE (42-4430) (111-49-4,305) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought SHINY PENNY
(32-3789) (96-145-2,222) of FOUND IN THE SAND.  MOIST TOWELETTE demolished SHINY
PENNY in a popular 1 minute one-sided Title melee.  Oops!  Moist wiped the mint marks
right off the Penny!  Congratulations to Moist Towelette, good try to Shiny Penny.

                                       Larkin

CHAMPION OF THE HORN           W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430     112  49  4  316  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI

GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 AZAGHAL 81-1223              52  43  1  227  DRAGONBANE GUILD (334)     SHADOWSPIRE
 JOSH 18-9109                 50  52     226  SHEPHERDS (359)            TALCAMA
 ALMOST PRETTY 42-4496        90  48     216  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
 GAD 18-9239                  64  59  1  216  SHEPHERDS (359)            TALCAMA

GRAND CHAMPIONS                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 VIRGINIA, NO SANTA 65-6623   44  68  1  208  GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS (361) DAL SHANG
 SHINY PENNY 32-3789          96 146  2  206  FOUND IN THE SAND (360)    ARVAT
 OBROJOBO 7-5869              46  46  1  202  SENTINELS (354)            BONSUR
 1977 AMC MATADOR 42-4116     75  65     192  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
 POCKET NEWS 19-5364          33  30     191  THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (395) ZUWAYZA
-LUC STARWALKER 58-6100       49  44     184  NEXT GENERATION (368)      DELARQ TOR
 RUTH 18-10121                47  39     184  SHEPHERDS (359)            TALCAMA
 ARUGULA 3-7180               33  30  2  183  VEGGIES (372)              OSKSI

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ANZAHANZEK 7-6204            32  30     174  SENTINELS (354)            BONSUR
 THE UPRIGHT MAN 10-5185      38  51     173  ALASTARIAN IDOL (363)      KOLACT
 JELLO KNUCKLES 42-4554       57  55     171  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
 OZAWINDIB 7-6212             35  28     170  SENTINELS (354)            BONSUR
 PINCH BLISTER 18-9859        48  76     157  CENTER FOR OLDS (364)      TALCAMA

GRAND INITIATES                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 MAULI LAMA 7-6292            18  19  1   81  SENTINELS (354)            BONSUR
-NICK NACK 81-1750            18  14  3   76  BOND-AGE (389)             SHADOWSPIRE
-WHITEY D'EAGLE 83-289        18  13  1   68  NONSUCH HOUSE (399)        TELORINTHE
 WONTON NOT NOW 73-6069       19  13  1   49  PALINDROMES (405)          ERINIKA
 DIRTY DIAPERS 38-5071        16   9      47  BASH BROS CHILDREN (407)   CLIFFHOME
 OUT FOR A DUCK 83-275        16  15      35  BAD SIGNS (397)            TELORINTHE

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD                   W   L  K TEAM NAME              SLAIN BY                  TURN

                               PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

Moist Towelette -- Great fight.  I did not expect to lose a back and forth fight with
you, but knew you would be my toughest opponent.  Great win and congrats.  I'll be
back. -- Gad

1977 AMC Matador -- One day I'll take you to the junk yard. -- Virginia

Almost Pretty -- May the commission force you to Primus soon. -- Ruth

Jello Knuckles -- Can we nickname you "Target Dummy"? -- The Upright Man

Pocket News -- <cut off by hal, as is too often the case>

Hamster DIES in News Office!  Presses Cannot Run!  General Quest for New Hamster!
Apply at News Office!

20 August 14
SLAUGHTER CHALLENGE 2

Several years ago I ran a contest known as the "Slaughter Challenge" which was the
idea of a member of my alliance at the time.  We unfortunately lost him during a
robbery attempt at the store he worked at.  This November will mark the 10th
anniversary of his passing so I have decided to run the Slaughter Challenge again in
remembrance of him.

Rich Hammes was a member of my alliance, the Vendetta Cartel, and had sponsored me
into the alliance.  Rich was a common poster to both the Yahoo Duelmasters group as
well as the Duel2 boards and our Alliance's Yahoo group.  He went by the handle
GameOgre on the Duel2 boards and was known by the name Abarsis, the Slaughter Priest.
He was a very kind and thoughtful man who always had time to talk with not only his
alliance-mates but anyone else who wanted to discuss Duelmasters.  He also had time
to talk with anyone about personal life issues if he felt he could help.  He was a
daily, and prolific, poster to these sites and seemed to enjoy the interaction with
others regarding this game that he loved so much.

I would also like everyone to know that he spent several years in the US Navy serving
on a Nuclear attack Submarine in protection of our nation.  He was well loved, and
well known, by the community in which he lived even spending time at a local Ice
Cream Shop around closing time to assure that the lady who owned the store was safe
as she was often alone when she closed her shop.  He was a well known and much loved
member of his local community.  His death was grieved by his local San Diego
community where they held a candle-light vigil for him and many expressed their
disbelief that he was gone.  These are just a scant few examples of what a kind and
caring man he was and why not only our gaming community lost a great deal on that
fateful day, but also shows why there was tremendous sadness among the community in
which he lived.

It is near to 10 years since his passing and there are many times I wonder, "What
would Rich think about this...."  I miss my friend dearly to this day and I hope you
will come join us in this contest idea which he himself came up with.  He thought we
should all learn to appreciate what Jorja does to keep our smaller arenas alive and
populated!

The contest will be held in Morya, arena 28, beginning on the turn that is due on
November 6th, 2014 (turn 378 I believe).  Tourney participation is not allowed during
the contest but the contest will start after the fall Mailer so you can get your
warriors a few fight experience should you choose to.  The timing of the contest was
done to allow entry into the fall mailer.

The rules are fairly simple and inspired to let us all feel what it is like to run
warriors like Jorja does.  Her teams across Alastari may sometimes be taken for
granted so this contest will allow us to appreciate her teams a little better as they
populate the arenas we fight in.

The Rules--

There are no challenges, avoids, bloodfeuds, or tourneys allowed and only one single

use of the Dark Arena is allowed after the contest begins.  Win or lose the Dark
Arena is allowed but once, so if you want your warrior dead be sure and throw the
fight!

The contest will last for 12 turns.  May I point out that if you use your Dark Arena
fight you will get either 2 points, for winning, or -2, for losing, and ALL fights
count in the scoring.  It matters not if you fight a non-contest warrior or a stand-
in; they still count as much as fighting a contest warrior.  This will be a test of
basic strategy with a touch of luck added in as well.

If anyone should break the no tourney rule they will lose 5 points for each warrior
entered and those warriors, and any subsequent warriors who replace them in death,
cannot score points!  The one exception are the dead tourneys.  Should you wish you
may enter your warriors in dead tourneys, since they are not a member of your team,
or even the living, at the time.  The warrior may even return to the contest if a
natural opening can be found for it, or you choose to use your Dark Arena fight to
make that opening (if you still have that option left).  Break the no DA, challenge,
or avoid rules and you will be DQed as soon as the transgression is discovered.  To
keep the contest playing field as level as possible, we will have no messing with
these rules.  Of course you may DA the one time, just as a clarification, but the
second time gets you DQed.  This also counts if it is found you bring a second team
in for the purpose of making challenges; you will be DQed.

Scoring is as follows:

1 point for winning
1 point for killing (giving 2 in total, 1 for the win and 1 for the kill)
1 point for at least one of your warriors writing a personal (regardless of number of
  personals beyond one you still only get one point).  Make sure it is written from
  one of your team's warriors and not simply the manager entity or you will not get
  the point.
-1 point for losing
-1 point for being killed (giving -2 in total, -1 for losing and -1 for being killed)
-5 points and the loss of that warrior's slot for scoring the remainder of the
  contest for entering a warrior into a REGULAR tourney (again DEAD tourney is open)

The Prizes:
1st place -- +1 bonus to one warrior on the team, 1 resurrection potion, and 1
  favorite knowledge
2nd place -- +1 bonus for one warrior, 1 favorites knowledge
3rd place -- +1 bonus for one warrior

Iron Manager Award -- Run 54 of the possible 60 fights and get a +1 bonus potion

The bonus potions and favorites knowledge must be used on warriors with 5 FE or more
and MUST be used within 2 turns of the end of the contest.  The resurrection potion
must be used within 6 months of the end of the contest but may be used on any warrior
regardless of FE.  ALL prizes must be used on the contest team, they are NOT
transferable to another team!

If you wish to participate please notify Street Legal via Personal Ad in arena 28, on
the Duel2 forums, or in Chatzy!

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

VIRGINIA, NO SANTA was viciously subdued by ALMOST PRETTY in a 3 minute fight.
MOIST TOWELETTE demolished SHINY PENNY in a popular 1 minute one-sided Title melee.
JOSH vanquished ARENAMASTER SANDAVOL in a popular 1 minute gory mismatched brawl.
POCKET NEWS savagely defeated ANZAHANZEK in a crowd pleasing 2 minute competition.
RUTH was savagely defeated by OBROJOBO in a exciting 2 minute bloody struggle.
1977 AMC MATADOR was handily defeated by AZAGHAL in a 1 minute uneven fight.
GAD vanquished JELLO KNUCKLES in a 2 minute gruesome one-sided duel.
THE UPRIGHT MAN was vanquished by IMPRISONED SPY in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
ARUGULA beat OZAWINDIB in a popular 5 minute melee.
PINCH BLISTER narrowly defeated FLOYD in a exciting 5 minute match.
OUT FOR A DUCK was bested by WONTON NOT NOW in a 2 minute conflict.
DIRTY DIAPERS was devastated by MAULI LAMA in a 1 minute one-sided battle.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK                   6         STRIKING ATTACK   10 -   0 -  0     100  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      3         LUNGING ATTACK     2 -   0 -  0     100  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         PARRY-LUNGE       20 -   5 -  0      80  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         SLASHING ATTACK    7 -   4 -  0      64  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         AIMED BLOW         8 -   5 -  0      62  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         WALL OF STEEL     19 -  12 -  0      61  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         BASHING ATTACK    22 -  29 -  1      43  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         TOTAL PARRY        8 -  23 -  0      26  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -   8 -  0      20  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   5 -  0       0  |

Turn  81 was great if you     Not so great if you used      The fighting styles of the
used the fighting styles:     the fighting styles:          top eleven warriors are:

PARRY-LUNGE        3 -  0     BASHING ATTACK     2 -  4         3  WALL OF STEEL  
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  0     TOTAL PARRY        1 -  2         3  BASHING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  PARRY-LUNGE    
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         1  STRIKING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW         1 -  1     LUNGING ATTACK     0 -  0         1  AIMED BLOW     
                                                                1  SLASHING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430   112  49  4  316 COLOR ME SUAVE (365)
PARRY-LUNGE      AZAGHAL 81-1223            52  43  1  227 DRAGONBANE GUILD (334)
AIMED BLOW       JOSH 18-9109               50  52  0  226 SHEPHERDS (359)
WALL OF STEEL    ALMOST PRETTY 42-4496      90  48  0  216 COLOR ME SUAVE (365)
BASHING ATTACK   VIRGINIA, NO SANT 65-6623  44  68  1  208 GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS (361)
SLASHING ATTACK  OBROJOBO 7-5869            46  46  1  202 SENTINELS (354)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    RUTH 18-10121              47  39  0  184 SHEPHERDS (359)
PARRY-STRIKE     ANZAHANZEK 7-6204          32  30  0  174 SENTINELS (354)
TOTAL PARRY      JELLO KNUCKLES 42-4554     57  55  0  171 COLOR ME SUAVE (365)

The overall popularity leader is SHINY PENNY 32-3789.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was ALMOST PRETTY 42-4496.  The ten other most popular fighters were ARUGULA 
3-7180, PINCH BLISTER 18-9859, VIRGINIA, NO SANTA 65-6623, POCKET NEWS 19-5364, 
OBROJOBO 7-5869, OZAWINDIB 7-6212, JOSH 18-9109, WONTON NOT NOW 73-6069, MOIST 
TOWELETTE 42-4430, and AZAGHAL 81-1223.

The least popular fighter this week was DIRTY DIAPERS 38-5071.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were THE UPRIGHT MAN 10-5185, JELLO KNUCKLES 42-4554, 1977 AMC 
MATADOR 42-4116, MAULI LAMA 7-6292, RUTH 18-10121, ANZAHANZEK 7-6204, SHINY PENNY 
32-3789, OUT FOR A DUCK 83-275, GAD 18-9239, and AZAGHAL 81-1223.

Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  
OSKSI(3)             1  0 0  ZUWAYZA(19)          1  0 0  DAL SHANG(65)        0  1 0  
BONSUR(7)            2  2 0  ARVAT(32)            0  1 0  ERINIKA(73)          1  0 0  
KOLACT(10)           0  1 0  CLIFFHOME(38)        0  1 0  SHADOWSPIRE(81)      1  0 0  
TALCAMA(18)          3  1 0  RODEKI(42)           2  2 0  TELORINTHE(83)       0  1 0  

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ARUGULA 3-7180              33  30  2  183  VEGGIES (372)              OSKSI
 OBROJOBO 7-5869             46  46  1  202  SENTINELS (354)            BONSUR
 THE UPRIGHT MAN 10-5185     38  51  0  173  ALASTARIAN IDOL (363)      KOLACT
 JOSH 18-9109                50  52  0  226  SHEPHERDS (359)            TALCAMA
 POCKET NEWS 19-5364         33  30  0  191  THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (395) ZUWAYZA
 SHINY PENNY 32-3789         96 146  2  206  FOUND IN THE SAND (360)    ARVAT
 DIRTY DIAPERS 38-5071       16   9  0   47  BASH BROS CHILDREN (407)   CLIFFHOME
 MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430    112  49  4  316  COLOR ME SUAVE (365)       RODEKI
 VIRGINIA, NO SANTA 65-6623  44  68  1  208  GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS (361) DAL SHANG
 WONTON NOT NOW 73-6069      19  13  1   49  PALINDROMES (405)          ERINIKA
 AZAGHAL 81-1223             52  43  1  227  DRAGONBANE GUILD (334)     SHADOWSPIRE
 OUT FOR A DUCK 83-275       16  15  0   35  BAD SIGNS (397)            TELORINTHE